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stadium

[ stey-dee-uhm ]

noun

plural stadiums, stadia
  1. a sports arena, usually oval or horseshoe-shaped, with tiers of seats for spectators.
  2. an ancient Greek course for foot races, typically semicircular, with tiers of seats for spectators.
  3. an ancient Greek and Roman unit of length, the Athenian unit being equal to about 607 feet (185 meters).
  4. a stage in a process or in the life of an organism.
  5. Entomology. stage ( def 11b ).


stadium

/ ˈٱɪɪə /

noun

  1. a sports arena with tiered seats for spectators
  2. (in ancient Greece) a course for races, usually located between two hills providing natural slopes for tiers of seats
  3. an ancient Greek measure of length equivalent to about 607 feet or 184 metres
  4. (in many arthropods) the interval between two consecutive moultings
  5. obsolete.
    a particular period or stage in the development of a disease
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of stadium1

1350–1400; Middle English < Latin < Greek á徱Dz unit of distance, racecourse
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of stadium1

C16: via Latin from Greek stadion , changed from spadion a racecourse, from to pull; also influenced by Greek stadios steady
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The football program hopes to build a new stadium and upgrade from the FCS to the FBS.

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AV Alta, a new USL League One club, has averaged 4,500 fans over its first three games playing in a stadium originally built for minor league baseball.

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But the frequent trips from Manchester to London appear to have taken their toll, with an attendance of 72,976 for Sunday's game at the 90,000-capacity stadium.

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By full-time, however, all that residual anxiety was a distant memory as thousands of jubilant fans surrounded the stadium and took to the streets across the city.

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Liverpool could celebrate a title win with their own vast support, in their own stadium, in front of the Kop.

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